Despite her great advances, Ahmed, 37, still need to go through additional treatment. “Her bone structure is poor,” Dr. Muffazal Lakdawala, the surgeon who operated on her, wrote on his blog. He added that “so many years of disuse” have compounded deformed her hips and knees, which now need to be straightened.

“It took almost a month for me to form a team of doctors, chalk out a detailed plan for her treatment and then we decided to get her here. Every treatment plan, method was debated with great detail,” Lakdawala argued.

Now, at Dubai’s Burjeel Hospital, Ahmed hopes to be able to stand and walk soon.

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